If that's not enough, coasts are awash in jellyfish

Mary Arai, a marine biologist with the University of Calgary who is currently a senior investigator at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, said yesterday the Cyanea capillata jellyfish being spotted in the shallows and shores around the Island are at the top of a four-year population cycle.

While some wonder whether the surge is connected to climate change, Arai said history proves otherwise. "It's been going on for hundreds of years, so no," she said.